The Marx Room subscribes and offers some useful historical databases for Easton Area Public Library patrons to use at home on your computer. Whether you are doing family genealogy or histories of towns, there is a variety and wealth of information at your fingertips. These are all located under LOCAL HISTORY on the library’s home page. You will need your Easton Area Public Library card number to access the pages.
1. Heritage Quest Online
- Search Census - Find ancestors in the complete set of U.S. Federal Census images from 1790-1940, including name indexes for many years.
- Search Books - Find information on people and places described in over 28,000 family and local histories.
- Search PERSI(TM) Archive - Find information about people and places from this index of over 2.3 million genealogy and local history articles (1800-2009).
- Search Revolutionary War - Search selected records from the Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.
- Search Freedman's Bank - Search for individuals in Freedman's Bank (1865-1874), which was founded to serve African Americans.
- Search U.S. Serial Set - Search the Memorials, Petitions, and Private Relief Actions of the U.S. Congress in the ProQuest U.S. Serial Set.
